Photography Tips

This ever-growing series of photography tips includes the following topics:

Beginning
Photography Tips
10 bite-sized photography tips for beginners who have bought their first
camera and are just setting out. Basic advice to help you get started.

How
to Take Good Pictures
General tips for people who understand the basics of the camera controls and
are looking to improve their photos. There are 10 tips altogether, all bite
sized. They go a bit beyond the basics - but not too much so!

Outdoor
Photography Tips
Outdoor photography tips for photographers who want to get the most out of
their street photographs of people in urban settings

Photography
Lighting Tips
Tips for using diffuse light and direct light; dealing with low-level light;
taking picturesw in the middle of the day when shadows are hard; taking pictures
at dawn and dusk when shadows are long.

Photography
Lighting Techniques
Tips to make the best of natural lighting by becoming aware of the direction
it is coming from: front lighting; top lighting; side lighting; back
lighting.

Exploring
Color Photography
How to create harmony through the use of a single colour; how too many
colours in a single picture can be confusing; contrast and complementary colors;
primary colours in photography.

How
to Photograph Buildings
How to create a sense of scale when photographing buildings; the use of a
polarizing filter to enhance the sky when photographing buildings; how to use
lines, forms, patterns and rhythms found in buildings to make abstract
photographs.

Depth-of-Field
The use of aperture to create shallow or large depth -f-field plus a short definition of the term 'bokeh'.

How to Photograph the Moon a simple guide for any level of camera; problems of vignetting; ISO settings, shutter
speeds and f-stops; telephoto lenses and teleconverters

Camera ISO
Explanation of ISO settings and how to use film speeds effectively; compares
digital and film and explains about digital noise or film grain and how to deal
with it in your photographs.

Photo Essay
Ideas
Are you looking for photo essay ideas or want to know how to create photo
essays similar to those in magazines? Just follow these guidelines and you will
be making your own photo essays in no time.

Photo-Essay Ideas Part 2 If you've read Part 1 of this article (link above) then this article will give you lots of tips and great ideas to inspire you to create your own essay and to get it out in the world.

Night Photography Tips These night photography tips are based on my own experience, with a bit of history thrown in, plus a selection of some stunning shots made by other photographers.

Film
& Digital IR Photography
Infrared Photography (IR), whether digital or film, has the capacity to
create images that have been described by many as dream-like or ethereal,
serene, often bordering on the surreal and having a magical beauty of their own.
IR photography can be equally successful with wedding or landscape photography,
street photography or portraits...

B/W
Night Photography
To make successful shots at night it helps to think in black and white
because the eye perceives things differently at night to during the day and you
need to compensate for that.

Digital Photography Tips & Tricks A couple of shots I made in China of Chinese opera masks and wooden Taoist masks with background info on why I chose the particular settings for each one.

Photographing
Children
If you are stuck for ideas on how to photograph children and want to get some
natural, fun-filled shots, just go to the park! Since children move constantly,
and speedily...

Macro
Photography Tips
These macro photography tips will help beginners to get some wonderfully
original shots. Your humble point-and-shoot camera has some very sophisticated
features including macro mode. Come with me and discover whole new realms of
color and creativity.

Disadvantages
of Digital Photography
It is important to know what the disadvantages of digital photography are as
in today's high-tech world the advantages are pushed at us through advertising
and the media. This list is not designed to put you off but to make you aware
before you buy so you can make an informed decision.

Landscape
Photography Tips
These landscape photography tips will inspire you to get out of the city,
away from the crowds and back into nature.

Free
Photo Montage Software
The free photo montage software listed on this page is a selection I have put
together to tempt you. Some of them are completely free, others offer trial
downloads of 30 days or so - long enough to get started on your journey to
becoming a photo montage artist.

Photo
Montage Ideas
A selection of photo montages and a video tutorial on object extraction to
help turn you into a photo montage artist.

Rainbow
Photographs
I love rainbow photographs and thought I would share some of mine with you
from my trip last year to the Shetland Isles (the northern most point of Great
Britain) plus some great shots by photographers in other parts of the world.

Food
Photography
These food photography techniques and tips are for those just getting started
with food photography. It's a great area to get started in as you have complete
control over the set-up and you don't need any fancy lighting or specialist
camera equipment to get going.

Underwater
Photography Getting the right underwater digital photography camera
settings will give you the power to conquer one of the most challenging of all
forms of photography. If you bear a few things in mind you will find that you
can take great shots without having to buy expensive equipment.

Weddings
These wedding photography lighting tips demonstrate what you need to know and do
to ensure the creation of wonderful, memorable images.

Low Light Digital PhotographyLow light digital photography can lead to more interesting shots than photos taken in full sunlight, as this example shows. The timelessness of the moment would have been lost if I had made a shot in broad daylight.

Low Light Photography Part 2 Low light photography is special because the high contrast images that you make intensify the sense of luminosity. Simply put, you need the dark to be able to see the light.

This book is not only for animals lovers but for those who would like to have an additional income stream selling stock photos of animals. Going to the zoo for the day is a great way to learn new skil…

This book guides you through the process of planning a photo essay, which different types of shot to include, and how to create various types of stories ranging from a simple series to a time-sequence…